My Favorite Verses - Vol III (Aug 16 to Nov 16)
A collection of brief commentaries on some of the Bible’s most beloved (and least understood) passages, parables, verses & sayings
A collection of brief commentaries on some of the Bible’s most beloved (and least understood) passages, parables, verses & sayings
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John 12:47 … To offer Salvation<br />
(09/21/20<strong>16</strong>)<br />
“I do not judge anyone who hears my Word and yet does not follow, for I<br />
have come not <strong>to</strong> condemn the world, but rather <strong>to</strong> offer it Salvation.”<br />
~ Jesus (John 12:47)<br />
While the traditional rendition of the final phrase of this verse ("but rather <strong>to</strong><br />
save it”) seems <strong>to</strong> imply that Jesus himself came <strong>to</strong> do the saving of all sinners,<br />
Jesus himself – in many places in the New Testament (see Mark 10:18, John 6:15,<br />
John 7:<strong>16</strong>, John 8:50-54, John 12:44 et al) – begs <strong>to</strong> differ. For he makes it<br />
repeatedly clear throughout his biblical ministry that it is we who must do the<br />
saving of ourselves -- and that it is via the selfless acts of Kindness in harmony<br />
with his Father‟s all-loving Way that we arrive at the same (John 13:15-17).<br />
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